Bomb explosions fatalities in civilian area: Two unusual cases

Surgery of violence. 1. Civilian bomb injuries.

Unusual presentation of gestational trophoblastic neoplasm: Report of two cases

  Abstract: Gestational Trophoblastic Neoplasm (GTN) is among rare human tumors which can be observed with widespread metastasis. Two young patients with emergent neurologic symptoms with no gynecological problems are presented in this report. GTN was later diagnosed in both cases with brain metastasis. The first case: A 22 years old patient, admitted to the infectious disease ward, with probab...

Reporting Iraqi civilian fatalities in a time of war

BACKGROUND In February, 2007, the Associated Press (AP) conducted a poll of 1,002 adults in the United States about their attitudes towards the war in Iraq. Respondents were remarkably accurate estimating the current death toll of US soldiers, yet were grossly inaccurate in estimating the current death toll of Iraqi civilians. We conducted a search of newspapers reports to determine the extent ...

A series of civilian fatalities during the war in Syria.

BACKGROUND A considerable number of deaths due to firearm injuries have occurred during wars all over the world. In this study, it is aimed to evaluate demographic characteristics and injury properties of cases died during civil war in Syria. METHODS The postmortem examination and autopsy reports of 321 forensic deaths occurred between January and December 2012 were analyzed, retrospectively....

Fournier's gangrene: two unusual cases.

Case 1. A 60year old man was admitted with symptoms and signs of a perforated duodenal ulcer. At operation a perforated duodenal ulcer with widespread peritoneal contamination was found. The ulcer was oversewn and covered with an omental patch. A tube drain was placed in the subhepatic space and exteriorized in the right hypochondrium. On the fifth postoperative day he developed cellulitis arou...